Survey. It finds that the presence of a midwife in a community in utero leads to an improvement in overall health, cognition …

This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

health services or interventions through comadronas (midwives) in Solola, Guatemala or the surrounding region. To this end … promoting the consideration and integration of Mayan maternal health practices and beliefs when designing maternal health …

David Malpass, President of the World Bank, discussed the severe health and economic impacts that the Coronavirus 2019 … tailored to the countries to effectively respond to the health, economic, and social shocks that that country are facing. On …

Recent surveys show considerable progress in maternal and child health in Ethiopia. The improvement has been in health … outcomes and health services coverage. The study examines how different groups have fared in this progress. It tracked 11 … health outcome indicators and health interventions related to Millennium Development Goals 1, 4, and 5. These are stunting …

health and education sector. The focus is on the individual dimensions, whether effort (presence and workload) or knowledge … reported publicly in a comparable fashion, yet are among the factors that influence policy outcomes in health. The remainder of …

In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and …

provided of selected services related to reproductive, maternal and child health, and hypertension-related services. The study …

This paper assesses the quality of health care across African countries based on health providers' clinical knowledge …, unannounced visits, and visual inspections of facilities, this study assesses whether health providers are available and have … sufficient knowledge and means to diagnose and treat patients suffering from common conditions amenable to primary health care …